RE. the "pirate" attacks on the ship off Somalia:
FoxNews just stated that the terror warning that Australia mentioned recently, INCLUDED AL QAEDA ATTACKS ON SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA!!!!!!!!
Thanks Fair Opinion.
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Note: The url below also includes a video in the package, as well
as a photo.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174677,00.html
"Pirates Attack Cruise Ship"
Saturday, November 05, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MIAMI Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns Saturday in an attack on a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast, the vessel's owners said.
Two armed boats approached the Seabourn Spirit (search) about 100 miles off the coast of Somalia (search) and fired as the boats' occupants attempted to get onboard, said Bruce Good, a spokesman for Miami-based Seabourn Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp.
The ship outran them and changed its course.
"Our suspicion at this time is that the motive was theft," Good said, adding that the crew had been trained for "various scenarios, including people trying to get on the ship that you don't want on the ship."
The attackers never got close enough to board the Spirit, but one member of the 161-person crew was injured by shrapnel, said Debrah Natansohn, president of the cruise line.
Press Association, the British news agency, said passengers awoke to the sound of gunfire as two 25-foot inflatable boats approached the liner."
Thanks for posting that interesting piece of information. I'm sure it was dismissed as a non-credible source.